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CLINICAL CASES IN MS: A PATIENT CONSIDERING TREATMENT DISCONTINUATION

 

Click here to watch Dr. Caitlin Jackson-Tarlton discuss the case and your responses to the quick poll.

P.B. is a 57-year-old woman with a 24-year history of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.  She was treated with an injectable from 2002-2012. Her last relapse was in 2009. She was transitioned to fingolimod in 2012 because of ongoing MRI changes and increasing tolerability issues. Read More

CLINICAL CASES IN MS: A PATIENT WITH MRI LESIONS CONSISTENT WITH MS

 

Click here to watch Dr. Courtney Casserly discuss the case and the responses to the survey.

J.M. is a 28-year-old woman who had an MRI of the brain ordered by her nurse practitioner because of worsening of longstanding migraine headaches. The MRI demonstrated several lesions consistent with MS including two small enhancing lesions and multiple nonspecific supratentorial T2 hyperintensities. Your review of the history reveals nothing suggestive of a demyelinating episode. There is no family history of MS. She has an older brother with ulcerative colitis. The neurological examination was completely normal with borderline questionable pallor of the left optic disc.

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CLINICAL CASES IN MS: A 42 Y.O. WOMAN WITH A SEVERE RELAPSE ON DMF

 

Click here to watch Dr. Virender Bhan discuss the case and the responses to the survey.

J.T. is a 42-year-old woman previously well except for frequent urinary tract infections, which included an episode of pyelonephritis with no known anatomical abnormality. She initially presented with two relapses about six months apart, a mild optic neuritis and a mild sensory myelopathy with excellent spontaneous recovery. Her EDSS score was 1.0.  She was started on dimethyl fumarate. Read More

EAN HIGHLIGHTS – TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025

 

Monday Edition

The following summarizes some additional highlights from the 11th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, Helsinki, Finland, June 21-24, 2025.

Genetics affect MS risk, not clinical course
GFAP increases with normal aging
Midbrain lesions associated with migraine in MS
When to switch off anti-CGRP MAbs for migraine
Serial sNfL monitoring needed for correct interpretation
Specialists outperform Chat GPT
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